Wales: A Small Clever Country. Small independent nations can rise quickly on the economic tide

Article discusses, amongst a wider look at the challenges facing the Welsh edconomy, at an article by Adam Price called 'The Flotilla Effect', which juxtaposes small and large countries in the European Union and analyses their historic growth patterns, their responses to the economic crisis and some thoughts for the future.

• Primary Source

Harvard Kennedy School Review: 2011 Edition: Adam Price: Small Is Cute, Sexy, and Successful: Why Independence for Wales and Other Countries Makes Economic Sense http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k74756&pageid=icb.page414660

Western Mail, 12.8.11: Would an independent Wales really be better off than the status quo? http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/columnists/2011/08/12/would-an-independent-wales-really-be-better-off-than-the-status-quo-91466-29221510/

Western Mail, 2.8.11: Plaid Cymru research claims independent Wales 'would have made people 39% richer http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/08/02/plaid-cymru-research-claims-independent-wales-would-have-made-people-39-richer-91466-29159489/

Plaid Cymru: The Flotilla Effect - Europe’s small economies through the eye of the storm http://www.english.plaidcymru.org/flotilla/

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